Work & commute · Estelline

Work & commute in Estelline, SD

Most working residents leave Estelline for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (20%), Sioux Falls (13%) and Estelline (11%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 151 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 151 Estelline residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Estelline.

151live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Estelline goes to work

Watertown23.6 mi away

20%30

Sioux Falls73.8 mi away

13%20

Estelline3.5 mi away

11%16

Brookings22 mi away

7%10

Castlewood9.5 mi away

6%9

Lake Norden12 mi away

4%6

Mitchell80.1 mi away

4%6

Hayti12.5 mi away

3%4

Clear Lake17.6 mi away

3%4

Norden9.4 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%42

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Estelline commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

21%

43%

29%

21%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Estelline is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.10 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Estelline are

15 jobs are based in Estelline. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Estelline’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Estelline

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities73%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Estelline residents hold

151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+88%

Jobs based in Estelline, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 15. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.